Many thanks for the two replies.
I favoured the use lib option and tried to use this so that the code became.
use strict "vars";

my $inc_item;

use lib "C:\\perl-programs\\modules";

foreach $inc_item (@INC) {
print "$inc_item\n";

}

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This worked as required and gave the following from the print
C:\perl-programs\modules
C:/perl5/lib
C:/perl5/site/lib
.
I then tried to use a moudule in the new directory with a new line at the end of the code above of
use modules::test-module

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However, this did not worked as I then got the following
Can't locate modules/test.pm in @INC (@INC contains: C:\perl-programs\modules C:
/perl5/lib C:/perl5/site/lib .) at C:\perl-programs\test-inc-iarg.pz line 13.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:\perl-programs\test-inc-iarg.pz line 13.

It seems that the lines are not processed in order so that it 'got' to the
use modules::test-module

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before the use lib line even though this nearer the beginning.
How can this be made to work?

In reply to Re^2: Problem using -I argument with Perl by merrymonk
in thread Problem using -I argument with Perl by merrymonk

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